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JOSE QUINATA AGUON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1932 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJose Quinata Aguon, of Umatac, Guam, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Umatac, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 9
- DAVID LYNDALL LAJEUNESSESergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- LARRY LEE YORKCorporal · June 1, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 10
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 17
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 18
From Umatac
- JESUS AQUININGO QUIDACHAYSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE SANTIAGO SANCHEZCorporal · February 1, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.